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Friday, August 30, 2013

Skirt Options for the Leather Accent Dress

It's on its way! I was having trouble deciding what style leather dress to make for an upcoming performance (girly or babydoll)--so I made muslins of both of them. I think the fuller-skirted version will be best for playing music (I'm on the drums for one song, so I can tuck the skirt between my legs to avoid flashing everyone). But! I'm going to make the babydoll version next, since I loved it too. Why limit myself to one dress? I never have before, so why start now?!

Anyway, more decisions! Now I'm having trouble deciding what fabric to use for the skirt of the dress. I was originally thinking this lace.

Maybe with a black lining.

But it didn't totally wow me. So I tried sequins.

Not feeling it. So I tried metallic lace.

Definitely a contender! Finally I draped some tartan, for a Westwoodian vibe.

I'm digging that one too! It speaks to my beloved Grunge era, and has more of a color pop for stage presence, too.

I'm loving the last two, but can't really decide. Opinions, anyone?

Thanks, friends!

UPDATE! I tried the tartan on the bias too, thanks to some reader feedback.

129 comments:

I like the first one, but maybe with a colored (or skin colored) lining, instead of black. There's something beautiful about that lace. I don't like the plaid. It looks a little too school-girl uniform to me...

For the purpose you have in mind, I think the tartan one. However, if you want to add a further girly touch, I like the metallic lace. For the music band purposes. I think the first two options are a bit more cleaner and classier for a band.Jin

Love the tartan, or the first lace but with a light underlay.BTW, Gertie, I thought of you yesterday when I picked up an original copy of Simplicity 7072 at my local Value Village (another Jiffy shift), for 69 cents. It was 65c brand new apparently! I think I'm going to emulate you, and make it up out of some plaid cotton seersucker I picked up at Goodwill recently.

I'm just laughing at so many opinions and imagining Gertie reading the comments going 'yes, tartan, no wait lace, no...metallic,' how do you decide? LOL Lots of fun. I'll throw in my opinion. Tartan for this one and lace baby doll.

Personally, I love that metallic lace! It's beautiful, elegant, but also edgy. You could wear it on a nice date to a fancy restaurant, or rock your performance and look punk. I like the plaid, too; I don't like it as much on the bias.

The metallic lace is pretty good but if you really want to make a statement, go with the tartan - much more rock and roll! I'm in a band myself and I started sewing because I needed stage clothes. You can get away with so much more onstage which is really fun. The sequins may not be right for this dress but sequins look awesome onstage especially under lights. Can't wait to see the finished result.

I am not crazy about the metallic lace. It's almost too spanish looking for the style you were going for. The tartan does look cool, but wasn't the point of the dress to have it be lace and leather? It would make for a cool dress but I'm just considering the objective at hand. Have you tried/thought about using a different lace?

This will be an amazing dress. I love the tartan and the lace w/black lining. The metallic lace feels like gilding the lily to me--too much going on, and the sequins, meh. To each her own, right? But I do like the girly style better than babydoll in this incarnation.